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Ominous Parallels

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Ayn Rand chose Leonard Peikoff to be her successor as the spokesman for Objectivism. And in this brilliantly reasoned, thought-provoking work we learn why, as he demonstrates how far America has been detoured from its original path and led down the same road that Germany followed to Nazism. Self-sacrifice, Oriental mysticism, racial “truth,” the public good, doing one’s duty–these are among the seductive catch-phrases that Leonard Peikoff dissects, examining the kind of philosophy they symbolize, the type of thinking that lured Germany to its doom and that he says is now prevalent in the United States. Here is a frightening look at where America may be heading, a clarion call for all who are concerned about preserving our right to individual freedom.

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The Ominous Parallels – Leonard Peikoff Introduction by Ayn RandPart One: Theory1. The Cause of Nazism2. The Totalitarian Universe3. Hitler’s War Against Reason4. The Ethics of Evil5. The Nation of the Enlightenment6. Kant Versus AmericaPart Two: Practice7. United They Fell8. The Emotionalist Republic9. The Nazi Synthesis10. The Culture of Hatred11. The Killers Take Over12. Hitler in Power13. The Concentration Camps14. America Reverses Direction15. Convulsion and Paralysis16. “A Republic – If You Can Keep It”ReferencesIndex